KFFF (93.3 FM) is a

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with a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Omaha area. The station is currently owned by

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and licensed as iHM Licenses, LLC. The station's studios are located on Underwood Avenue in Omaha, while their transmitter is located on Farnam Avenue in Midtown Omaha.

History

Active rock (1991-1996)

KFFF started out as "K-Rock", KRRK, on June 10, 1991, which played

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music. The station broadcast out of the Ranch Bowl, a bowling alley/concert venue.

Modern adult contemporary (1996-1999)

In late June 1996, the station flipped formats to

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as "The Point", and changed their call letters to KTNP. "The Point" tried to capitalize on the popularity of post-grunge at the time, playing music from bands like

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Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sound, ...

and

Collective Soul Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge, Georgia. Now based in Atlanta, the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland, rhythm guitarist Dean Roland, bassist Will Turpin, drummer Johnny Rabb, and lead guitarist Jes ...

, among others. In addition, KTNP was networked with sister station KKNB in

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, with the stations occasionally simulcasting programming. However, the station suffered from poor ratings, as it struggled to compete against similarly-formatted (and a more powerfully signaled)

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Back to active rock (1999-2004)

The station was overwhelmed with requests by fans to go back to being K-Rock, and the station returned to the old format at 4 p.m. on August 12, 1999, and changed to new call letters KRQC. Legal issues caused the station to change their name to "The Dam" at 5 p.m. on New Year's Eve, 2001, but the new rock format remained.

Country (2004-present)

On March 18, 2004, at 10 a.m., KRQC flipped formats to Classic Country as "US 93.3" with new call letters KHUS. On November 19, 2007, after three days of stunting, it flipped formats again to new country as "93.3 The Twister", and changed their call letters to KTWI. On December 16, 2011, at 3 p.m., KTWI began stunting with

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, branded as "Jingle 93.3". The station reverted back to classic country on January 2, 2012, becoming "93.3 The Wolf". On January 12, 2012, KTWI changed their call letters to KFFF.

Programming

KTWI carried a New Country format between 2008 and 2011 as "Twister 93.3". It was home to Big D and Bubba in the mornings, the Matt and Ben Show in the afternoon and Sadie G. in the evenings. KTWI is the home of

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Women's

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and

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KFFF-HD2

On October 31, 2014, KFFF launched a

format on its HD2 sub channel, branded as "Christmas 102.3" (in reference to being relayed on FM translator K272FE 102.3 FM). At Midnight on December 26, 2014, K272FE/KFFF-HD2 (and fellow translator K235CD 94.9 FM, which is relayed on sister station KISO's HD2 sub-channel) flipped to a

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format as "Rock 94.9/102.3." On May 27, 2016, KFFF-HD2/K272FE split from the simulcast and flipped to

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

, branded as "102.3 El Patron".iHeart Brings El Patron to Omaha
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* * {{iHeartMedia FFF Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in Nebraska IHeartMedia radio stations Country radio stations in the United States